Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-29
miscellaneous.
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miscellaneous.
1T is now stated that Dell Smith, the MUIR
| derer of Baxter, whose body WAS found in
| the Cottonwood river near Emporia last
| spring, has finally been captured in Indiana
ROBERT MILLER, an Atchison boarding
| house keeper, was recently arrested on q
| warrant sworn out by Joseph Donahue,
charging him with an attempt to poison
him. Donahue says that OH the 9th day of
November he drew considerable money
| and went to West Atchison to pay off some
men working under him the streets.
He went into Millers place where he was
! invited to drink out OF bottle continuing
| whisky, but only took a small swallow be-
cause it tasted bitter. He left Immediately
and thought little more about the cIrcum-
| stances until later, when "a man informed
| him that Miller and two of his board1rs
named Charles Price and Eugene Eikler
had tried to poison him, that the bottle he
| drank from contained laudanum: IL being
the intention of the trio TO rob him. Dona-
hue Immediately had Miller arrested.
Miller denied the charge but stated that
Price and Eikler concocted the scheme.
They could not be found.
AN aged German woman, Mrs. Mary Kat
lier, was burned to death at Topeka tho
other night by The explosion OF lamp
which she attempted to fill after blowing
out the flame but leaving the charred wick
| burning
| DIR. c. G. WALL has been chosen assist
ant physician at the Topeka insane asylum
| TO succeed Dr. Punton, resigned.
THE latest report of the State Snperin-
| tendent of Public Instruction gives the
number of children i'll the State Of school
age Is 52I,O9l.
ESTIMATED value of school buildings and
grounds in Kansas, 81, 40. I46.
fiti RI U iUa
of age, was recently killed by the cars at
Council Grove. From papers found OF his
person 1t was learned that he had just
taken up a land claim at Lamar, Col, and
was on his way to Carthage, Mo.
II. S. DAY, a prominent citizen of Morris
County and until recently mayor of Parker
vile, has been convicted of the killing OF
DR.. j. A. Hopkins and sent to the peniten-
tIary for three years.
The annual meeting of the Kansas State
Short-horn Breeders Association, recently
held at Topeka, was attended by large
number of cattle men, and the meeting was
an unusually interesting one. The follow
ing OH ,ers were chosen: w. s. White, Sa-
betha, president; g. NJ. Clifford, Milford,
0ice-president; E. NJ. Shelton, Manhattan,
secretary and treasurer: George Y john
son, Lawrence, w. A. Harris, L:nwood,
F. d. Coburn, Wyandotte, executive COM
mittee.
MICHAEL NANNY. aged thirty years, com
mitted suicide 1T Topeka recently by TAX
ing sirychnIne while temporarily insane
He had enlisted III the regular army about
! five years ago, but had deserted after two
years. service. In May last he voluntarily
surrendered to the military authorities,
was tried by court martial and sentenced
to serve a term in the military prison. and
after four months Imprisonment was dis
charged on accoun: of insanity.
foil of crf1.aT
j. B. Weaver, of Iowa. and Il pioneer OF
Michigan. Iowa snd Kansas, died at Atchi-
son rec entity, aged eighty-four years.
THE story of the existence of a case of
leprosy in Butler County is positively de-
MED.
BIZ a recent explosion in coal mine at
Fleming William Hunter. John Edwards
and William Reed were killed.
EDITH MILLER. eight years old, was
fatally burned at Atchison the other after
noon while playing with some other chill
dren about bonfire. the fumes being con-
municated to her clothing At the time OF
the accident her father was III Jail on the
charge of dosing bottle of whisky with
laudanum. with the intention of drugging
ana robbing Hon. Joseph Donahue.
TIE police of Leavenworth the other
night arrested a stranger st the National
Hotel on suspicion of beng a crook. At
the station house he gave his name as F. V.
Walworth, aud upon being searched $S6l5
was found beside a handsome gold watch
with a gold charm. After taking his de-
scription, the chief of police gave orders
to release HIM, giving him two dollars TO
get a bed with, and telling HIM TO call in
the morning for the balance. The stranger
went back to the hotel and eng Lged n bed,
but did not occupy ii. neither did he call
for his watch and money.
JOSIAH SIMoNDs his wife and cousin ar
rived at Atchisou early the her morning
en- route To California, and were sitting In
the Waitin room when Simonds ask cd tor
a small bolIIe OF wine III his wIfe's satcheL
The lady had bee suffering from eural-
gia and had bottle of chloroiorm Ihls
she handed her husband by mistake, and
he drank a large mouthfnl, but expressed
no fear and would not let his wife send for
q physician He soon lost consciousness
and before a doctor could arrive was dead
LET there be a boom in farm lands
The Leavenworth Turnverein at recent
meeting unanimously passed resolution
that the members OF the LeaTen worth
Turnverein are opposed 10 anarchlsm IN
any form, and that they reject every accus-
alton charging them as Anarchists: that
they do not favor any kind OF lawlessness,
well knowing there are many other good
legal means to reach the end they have ID
View.r
Rev. F. T. IRGALLs. pastor Of the First
Congregational Church ut EmpOria- and
brother of Senator Ingalls,, has presented
his resignation TO the Church, TO take efiec'
January 1. He has accepted the presidency
OF Drury College, at Springfield. Mo-
THE November cash contributors 10 the
Home for Friendles< Women ~ LeaTen
worth amounted 70 tc2a